Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§3707 National Science Foundation Cooperative Research Centers
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 63— - TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION › § 3707
Summary
NSF must create Cooperative Research Centers with a university or other nonprofit group to boost innovation per 3705(a),(b). NSF may give nonrenewable planning grants to make the plan (3705(c)(3)); awards follow the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.) and other laws.
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Title 15, §3707
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(a)The National Science Foundation shall provide assistance for the establishment of Cooperative Research Centers. Such Centers shall be affiliated with a university, or other nonprofit institution, or a group thereof. The objective of the Centers is to enhance technological innovation as provided in section 3705(a) of this title through the conduct of activities as provided in section 3705(b) of this title.
(b)The National Science Foundation is authorized to make available nonrenewable planning grants to universities or nonprofit institutions for the purpose of developing the plan, as described under section 3705(c)(3) of this title.
(c)Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements entered into by the National Science Foundation in execution of the powers and duties of the National Science Foundation under this chapter shall be governed by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 [42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.] and other pertinent Acts.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The National Science Foundation Act of 1950, referred to in subsec. (c), is act May 10, 1950, ch. 171, 64 Stat. 149, which is classified generally to chapter 16 (§ 1861 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1861 of Title 42 and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 9 of Pub. L. 96–480 was renumbered section 10 and is classified to section 3708 of this title.
Amendments
2000—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 106–404 made technical
Amendments
to references in original act which appear in text as references to section 3705 of this title. 1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–502 substituted “Cooperative Research Centers” for “Centers for Industrial Technology” and struck out last sentence which read as follows: “The provisions of section 3705(e) and 3705(f) of this title shall apply to Centers established under this section.”
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15 U.S.C. § 3707
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73